Re: Latest twist in Dr. Antinori's story

From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Tue Apr 30 2002 - 17:09:54 MDT


Harvey Newstrom wrote:
>
> On Tuesday, April 30, 2002, at 01:05 pm, Amara Graps wrote:
> > http://www.free-market.net/rd/894285207.html
> > (points to news.telegraph.co.uk)
> >
> > Cloned baby row doctor 'has run out of patients'
> > By Roger Highfield, Science Editor
> > Filed: 27/04/2002
> >
>
> Great. It appears that the first famous cloning doctor is a fraud and a
> liar. His scientific achievements were lies. His staff, partner, and
> associates have distanced themselves from him. He has set the stage for
> cloning research to be associated with unscrupulous lying scientists in
> the mind of the public.
>
> I still claim that technology is harmed more by those promoting it than
> by its detractors. Unethical "scientists" will scare people more than a
> million concerned politicians or religious people.

It seems that Antinori was only in it to trigger public debate and to
instigate regulations to restrict cloning. In that, he is an agent
provocateur of luddism. Cloning researchers should just go ahead and do
it and not tell anyone until they have a squalling infant to present to
the world as a fait accompli.



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